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Photo submitted to the Times Observer Tournament championsThis group of fifth and sixth-grade girls basketball players from Beaty compiled a 4-0 record and placed first in the Bradford Girls Youth Basketball League 6th Grade Tournament on Sunday. Team members included, front row from left, Gracie Wood, Jillian Funari and Kadee Merenick. Back row, Ceci Citro, Margo Loutzenhiser, Rachel Wilson and Lyndsey Goldthwaite.

Photo submitted to the Times ObserverTournament champsThis group of Beaty eighth-grade girls compiled a 3-0 record and took first place in a seventh and eighth-grade tournament held Saturday in Bradford. Paige Wilson and D.J. Hahn were selected to the all-American tournament team. Team members included, front row from left, Rachel Wilson, Sierra Wees and Megan Wortman. Back row, Lizzy Marsh, Paige Wilson, Hahn and Katlyn Adams.

Photo submitted to the Times ObserverTournament championsThe Beaty 8th Grade Boys Basketball team placed first at a basketball tournament in Clearfield on Saturday. The team competed against eight other teams, including clubs from Penn State and Harrisburg. Team members included, front row from left, Ryan Skerda, Dominick Funari, Andrew Gignac, Anthony Deppas, Logan Galloway and Jason Waterfield. Back row, Mark Reiff, Devin Nowacki, Anthony Citro, Evan Suppa, Tyler Oudinot and Will Bablak.

The Friends of Warren Basketball will be holding a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Warren Area High School cafeteria. All those wishing to attend are encouraged to do so.

College news

Warren Area High School graduate and Messiah College women's swim team member Laura Penwell had an outstanding day for the her team at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships this past weekend in Wilkes Barre. In all, Penwell, a freshman, set or helped set five school records in five different events.

To start, Penwell and teammates finished third in the 200-yard free relay with a time of 1:40.70. The time set a new Messiah record. Later, Penwell and teammates set a new school record in the 400-yard medley relay, finishing fourth with a swim of 4:08.39.

Penwell's third school record of the weekend came on the second day of action as she and teammates finished fourth in the 200-yard medley relay with a swim of 1:52.63. Individually, Penwell set another school record in the 100 fly, besting her own previous mark with a fifth-place swim of 1:01.52. Penwell's previous best in the event was a 1:01.95. Penwell finished Saturday with a ninth-place finish in the 100 back and yet another school record in the 800-yard free relay with a swim of 8:11.22.

Penwell and the rest of her Falcons teammates finished fifth overall in the women's standings at the three-day event.

Playoff tickets

Tickets for Friday's District 10 Class A Quarterfinal boys playoff game between Eisenhower and VisionQuest, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Meadville High School, will be on sale in the main office of the high school from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. All tickets are $5.

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Tickets for Saturday's District 10 Class AAA Quarterfinal girls playoff game between Warren and Hickory, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at Kennedy?Catholic High School, will be on sale in the main office of the high school from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. All tickets are $5.

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Tickets for Thursday's District 10 Class AAA Quarterfinal boys playoff game between Warren and Sharon, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Edinboro University, will be on sale in the main office of the high school from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. All tickets are $5.